Uh, no, it's not. Here's the quote from the video:
"When I decided to do it, I said to myself, 'this Russia Trump thing is a made up story, an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election'..."
Go back to 0:35 to see the "it' he's talking about is firing Comey. So unfortunately he did state when he decided to do it, he was thinking about the Russian investigation.
I do know how I take Trump's remarks, viewing the interview in totality.
His first part of the answer, that you originally quoted, was great. He should have left it at that.
"When I decided to do it, I said to myself, 'this Russia Trump thing is a made up story, an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election'..." --
And here is the section from my blockquote at post 27
... when I decided to just do it, I said to myself -- I said, you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story. It's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election ...
I still don't understand your point. I don't know if you differ from the contention I made in post 27. I contend that the proposition that Trump, in the Holt interview, gave as a reason for firing Comey that he wanted "The Russian investigation" to end, is false).
Yes, of course he was thinking about "the Russia investigation." But a couple points, You haven't told us what you think "the Russia investigation" is. And without more, the fact that Trump is "thinking about it" is pointless. Of course he was thinking about it.